Resources

Are you ready for the resource revolution? Article by Stefan Heck and Matt Rogers, McKinsey Quarterly (2014). Summary: Meeting increasing global demand requires dramatically improving resource productivity. Yet technological advances mean companies have an extraordinary opportunity not only to meet that challenge but to spark the next industrial revolution as well.

Risks and Opportunities from the Changing Climate: Playbook for the Truly Long-Term Investor. By Laquan Ma, Cambridge Associates (2015). In depth report providing frameworks for assessment of climate-related risks and opportunities.

INVESTING IN A TIME OF CLIMATE CHANGE, Mercer Report (2017). Study with 16 investors to answer three questions: How big a risk/return impact could climate change have on our portfolio? What are the key risks and opportunities? What plan of action can ensure portfolio resilience?

All swans are black in the dark: How the short-term focus of financial analysis does not shed light on long term risks. 2° Investing Initiative and the Generation Foundation (2017). Based on extensive interviews with allocators and asset managers, the report describes the potential suboptimal allocation of capital for the long-term due to the limited ability of the finance sector to capture long-term risks within short-term risk-assessment frameworks.

The Impact of Sustainable and Responsible Investment, Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF) 2016. This document provides examples of how the sustainable, responsible and impact investment industry has changed the investment industry and added options for investors; improved companies through active ownership and engagement; aided communities and individuals; and influenced public policy and developed organizations to promote sustainable investment.

Arabesque S-Ray™. On-line tool to monitor the sustainability of 4,000 corporations. Combines over 200 ESG metrics with news analysis from over 50,000 sources across 15 languages, with each company given a daily ESG score on the normative principles of the United Nations Global Compact: Human Rights, Labor Rights, the Environment, and Anti-Corruption.